terror

English

/ˈtɛɹɚ/, /ˈtɛɚ/, /ˈtɛɹə/

noun
Definitions
  • (countable) Intense dread, fright, or fear.
  • (uncountable) The action or quality of causing dread; terribleness, especially such qualities in narrative fiction.
  • (countable) Something or someone that causes such fear.
  • (uncountable) terrorism

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French terreur (fear, terror, dread) derived from Latin terror (fear, terror, fright) derived from Proto-Indo-European *tre- (shake).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*tre-

Gloss

shake

Concept
Semantic Field

Motion

Ontological Category

Action/Process

Emoji
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